Sentences with phrase «which most politicians»

Yet the crisis in politics today is about more than just the expenses scandal — there was the failure of confidence in the former Speaker, Michael Martin, there is the poor turnout we see at most elections now and there is, of course, the low esteem in which most politicians are held.

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Which is why most small - business owners don't relate to politicians.

It is unliveable at the level of society: hence, in Britain we have a government that lauds the freedom of the individual (and it should be noted in passing, but noted very well, that our present generation of politicians rarely talk of the «human person» or just of the «person», but usually of the «individual») but which has brought in some of the most draconian legislation in Europe designed to control what people say and do on certain issues so that society can proceed in its life as a unity and not just as a mere collection of individuals.

But for the most part, the author admits the evils embedded in Greek civilization, among which one can easily name the constricted life of most women, the demagoguery of so many politicians, and worst of all the degradation of the slave's life (he quotes the medical writer Galen who once saw an owner poke his slave's eye out with a reed pen).

Where is the outrage from Jews (for whom we created anti-antisemitism laws), African - Americans (who have faced the most hate crimes), politicians (who advocate law and order), and Christians (the largest America group which advocates peace, love, harmony, and understanding).

This kind of polling results in a circular process: politicians look to polls to find out «what the public thinks,» then modify their image and views to conform, while citizens eagerly consult the polls to find out what they themselves are thinking and which candidate most closely resembles the results of the polls.

Each one can be saved in his own law, all laws are right: This is fully erroneous and a most shameful heresy: There is no law in which we may be saved except the law of Christ our Saviour... [and the footnote says]: This is a perverse dogma of politicians and those tolerant... Consequently being indifferent they wander very far away from the truth».

Oh wait, she covers her hair too... (side note: According to Islamic beliefs, Mary is considered the most pious of women and is granted a high place in Paradise for her righteousness)-- Another interesting note to make is that this New York mosque, which was once the Burlington Coat Factory, was bought a long time before now, How interesting that politicians are making an issue of it now, before elections.

Whether they were born into it or came into it, most politicians have considerable wealth which helps them run in and win elections.

Trump and his advisers have reveled openly in the #MeToo - era downfall of prominent Democrats, most recently former state AG Eric Schneiderman, which grates on politicians and strategists in both parties, who view the president as a fatally compromised messenger on women's rights.

Which makes you think the politician most in favour of abolishing DPMQs must be the DPM himself...

«I think it speaks to the arrogance of the Michaud campaign which, like most Democratic politicians, think they can get away with anything after 40 years of near one - party rule in Maine,» Savage said in a prepared statement.

The site creators base their matches on the candidates» officially stated positions, which as Wired reporter James Lee notes is no small feat considering most politicians» reluctance to take definitive stands.

In 2008 Harriet Harman — surely the most influential militant feminist politician of her generation — introduced a piece of legislation which hadn't been trailed in the Labour party's 2005 election manifesto.

As a hero, Bevan, more than most politicians, has left a tangible memorial - a National Health Service of which the fundamental principles are now unchallenged by any other than the most extreme libertarians.

Niou first appeared on the podcast in January, which gives her the most appearance of any politicians, and ties her with Matt Hamilton of the Times Union, Don Levy of the Siena Research Institute and Bill Hammond of the Empire Center.

With the state set to lose two congressional seats due to redistricting following the 2010 census, most political observers believe the 9th Congressional District — which covers Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Howard Beach, part of the Rockaways and Brooklyn — will be eliminated, which makes the seat less attractive to ambitious politicians.

The New York Times» piece on Herbalife yesterday, which details how billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman is waging a PR campaign to destroy the supplement company for his own profit, buries the role of three of the city's most prominent Latino politicians in a massive campaign to cast Herbalife as a pyramid scheme targeting minorities.

Briefly, on Oct. 6 during the candidates» first major voter forums in the town of Bedford, Killian took her own crack at Latimer's use of money, briefly targeting him and other longtime politicians for using campaign funds for what she characterizes as frivolous expenses like food and gas; expenses of which there are dozens of in Latimer's most recent disclosure.

Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

So, sorry, whilst I don't as a matter of unconditional principal, deny that sometimes «devolution» can be inevitable (eg, Wales and Scotland), even desirable, but as with the very cynical, divide and rule, and destroy, motivation behind the regionalisation of the NHS, and the current «Northern Powerhouse» structures which draw Labour politicians into Austerity collaboration at an intimate local level, there is very little to be said in the favour of most «devolutionary» developments today from a radical socialist perspective.

It does not though, reveal much about his essential philosophy, which with Keith — as with most professional politicians — remained below the surface.

He argues that prebendalism is the most appropriate conceptual notion for explaining Nigeria's politicians intense and persistent struggle to control and exploit the offices of the state and defines prebendalism in terms of «the historical association of the term «prebend» with the offices of certain feudal states which could be obtained through services rendered to a lord or monarch or through outright purchase by supplicants... the adjective «prebendal» will refer to patterns of political behaviour which rest on the justifying principle that such offices should be competed for and then utilised for the personal benefit of office holders as well as their reference or support group.

Few politicians campaign on changing it and most argue they still vote independent of donations (which has been shown to be false), see first footnote.

An advisory council which today has seen most of its powers devolved, but it still a valued honour for politicians, with Cabinet Ministers and most ministers of state automatically becoming a Privy Councillor and entitled to be a Right Honourable.

Saying this when it eventually comes around to Australia having another referendum Australians will most likely vote to leave because almost every politician is in favour of it (because they just want the title and are happy to dismantle a good thing for their own selfish gains) and this means that there will only be arguments in favour of abolishing it from the politicians which will massively influence the public.

One of the half dozen most rapidly - promoted politicians in the history of the United Kindgom, he is in danger of coming fourth in an election in which none of the candidates is particularly convincing.

After all, most other politicians run in elections in which voters may care about editorial opinions and consider them when making their choices.

This normalization process is evident elsewhere, not least at Stormont where Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness continue to preside over one of the most diverse political coalitions in the democratic world — a feat which would have tested the skills of lesser politicians to breaking point.

When announcing his leadership bid on Wednesday, Ed Balls mentioned the «I» word endlessly, and praised a politician whose sour countenance and self - styled toughness have long embodied the most dried - up school of Labour politics: Phil Woolas, this week heard bemoaning the fact that Labour failed to make more of the policy whereby benefits are refused to those seeking indefinite leave to remain (which would have made for very uplifting posters).

He said, «He is a grassroots politician, he has worked with most three powerful politicians in South West, as SA to Tinubu on LG and Chieftaincy matter, Coordinator, Obasanjo Atiku Presidential campaign, also with Adedibu which earned him the position of Chairman, Board of Ogun Osun River Basin under Obasanjo and Chairman, Board of LAUTECH during Akala eleven months reign.

He spent most of the time not talking about the area's elected Republicans — City Councilman Eric Ulrich, who represents District 32 which covers from Woodhaven to the Rockaways — but against Queens Democrats, who he called the city's most corrupt politicians.

«Frankly I think it goes to a bigger truth, which is one day this reshuffle I suppose will be over and we will be left with the collection of politicians, be in no doubt about this, who've signed up to unilateral nuclear disarmament, racking up taxes and spending and the most left - wing programmes in living memory.»

And if we start playing games and being politicians, then we lose one of the most valuable things that we have, which is our honesty.

The recent pushback against loot boxes amongst gamers and politicians alike gained most of its momentum following Star Wars Battlefront II «s loot box controversy, in which the shooter gave gamers a clear competitive edge for spending money on loot boxes.

Sayeed continues to be concerned by the way in which politicians from the White House to the governor's mansion are marginalizing the issues she cares about most.

Ms. Ravitch's basic idea is that the education bureaucrats, the politicians, and the heads of a group of fabulously wealthy foundations have cleaved to the latest fads and theories, most of which can be subsumed under the business model of public education.

If Educators were really part of the change as you suggest then they would forgo their Teachers Unions which for the most part is used to power play politicians and to hold parents hostage.

«Which country has the most devious politicians?»

A forerunner of the modern agent / impresario, he secured Spencer a New York publisher, Appleton and Co.; pressed for - and won - royalties on a par with native authors» at a time when most American houses ignored international copyrights; churned out scores of reviews and notices with publication of each new volume, which he placed in newspapers and magazines across the country; pressed other reviewers into service; helped Spencer organize and popularize his most arcane thoughts; and cultivated literary clubs, college professors, editors, ministers, politicians, tycoons, and labor councils.

The book's introduction notes that the 20 % of the Canadian workforce that belongs to public - sector unions (which also includes police officers, firefighters, the armed forces and the politicians who make these rules in the first place) «have quietly negotiated the most lucrative compensation packages in history.»

To borrow outrageously from a famous story, «The Most Dangerous Game,» here's a Modest Proposal: Establish a six - month open season each year in which anti - wolf / anti-environmental politicians and ranchers (hereinafter referred to as «game») would be turned loose in a yet - to - be-determined tract of public land with just their seasonally - correct clothing, a knife, a first aid kit and one packet of military rations.

One of the things that make me truly proud to be a Canuck, but oddly enough, because it lives in the shadows, as it were, for example without any PR staff, ignored by the government which seriously underfunds it, most Canadians, including politicians and journalists do not even know about its existence and its greatness.

See, all the «temperature» data that is shoved around under the noses of pliant politicians and journalists (most of which struggled through grade school math and science) is actually not temperature data.

Coal - port expansion is the fifth most carbon - intensive project currently planned in the world, bigger than anything else over which American politicians have control.

First and foremost, I think we need to address emissions in our province in a way which makes the most out of the resources we can convince our politicians to allocate to the problem.

Vote 4 Energy, which was mocked by a parody commercial during its public release, is the American Petroleum Institute's newest money dump to pretend that most Americans support politicians who represent Big Oil more than their own constituents.

Proponents of climate change policies should seek to assure that civil society understands what corporations, institutions, and foundations have been responsible for climate change disinformation and which politicians have advanced the interests of these groups at the national level and seek to better understand, perhaps working with sociologists, entities and politicians most responsible for resistance to climate change policies at the state and regional level.

In our area, most politicians can not tell the difference between the snazzy new paint schemes on the bus and shiny new shelters (which give the appearance of public investment) and actual dedicated transitways which guarantee faster and more reliable bus travel times.

On the other hand, those affected by «name calling» are our politicians, celebrities and professional sports stars, most of who are paid considerably more than a manual worker and so perhaps that is why a slur that could cost them their reputation is valued so much more highly than a physical injury which might cost a labourer his livelihood.